Kayangel camping

Hi,

Does any one knows where I can contact for camping in Kayangel? If you have any information regarding to Kayangel, please leave a message. Really appreciate!

I would contact the Kayangel State Gov office in Koror. We spent a couple of night up there, although it was a number of years ago now. You have to find a ride up there as there is no service, but I suspect that the office would be able to help. You have to bring up a "gift" for the chief- we were advised to bring up fresh bread and rolls from town. It was a bit of a hair raising trip out over the open water- our engines went down and I imagined us drifting forever. But it was a memorable trip. Try to go on the new moon when if you are lucky with the clouds, the stars are great.

Cool! Thanks a lot, 5Waldos!

Can't imagine how was it like when the engine failed. Did you ever thought about it was the captain teasing his passengers just to get you an one of a kind travel exeprience? LOL.

Did you chartered a boat the last time you went up there? What about food and drinking water? You fixed camp fire and tossed a beach BBQ for every meal on the atoll and brought a lot of bottled water? I assume there's a steep price tag, but I really want to try camping on an uninhabited island.

Ah- Kayangel is NOT uninhabited- there are people there. A village. I really don't remember what we ate- we brought along stuff and I think grilled some fish, of course.

No the captain wasn't teasing us. We knew him well- the motors were out. But there were a fair number of other boats- small 16 ft boats with an engine mostly, loaded down with people, on the "road". We did charter a boat since there were 4 of us. It is also possible to try and hitch a ride out with some locals- pay for the gas and you are in. Again the state office might be able to help you with that.

If you want to camp on a totally uninhabited island there are some islands in the rock islands much closer (and cheaper to get to) where you can camp. They are completely uninhabited- unless you believe the stories of the ghosts. They are quite small- tiny. Walk around the perimeter in 5 minutes or so. And some other larger ones where you can camp- usually nobody around at night, although there are sometimes parties out there.

Hi Evan- There is a island boat to Kayangel as of 2005, it leaves T-Dock every other Friday and returns on Sunday. That leaves you a two day window on Kayangel. There is a neighboring island that you can cross to at low tide and you can camp on that island. Contact the Governor's office in Koror, phone 488-2766 in Koror, 876-2967 on Kayangel, for permission and assistance if you want to stay with a host family. Keep in mind you will need to bring along provisions, there are only a couple of mini marts on the island. Look up Jason Kramberg on the island, he teaches at the school there, tell him hi from Papa Mike.

Papa Mike
Papa Mike's Palau Islands Handbook

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gulp gee golly gosh- you'll have a great time, with or without our help.

Thanks for the comliment, a bit of a stretch eh 5 walodos? Glad to be of help.

You may find the link below from my Palau Blog to the story of my boat trip to Kayangel of interest to you.

Boat Trip To Kayangel

Papa Mike